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Ultra Antifreeze Prevents Ice From Even Forming
A new nano-technology can be applied to metals and causes ice and frost to slide off before they have a chance to stick
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The Airport Design Utopian
What ever happened to the Starport, the brainchild of Jim Starry that re-imagined the airport?
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The Rise and Fall of Ken-chan, the $43,000 Robot Waiter
The spaghetti-slinging robot drew crowds at Grazie’s Italian Restaurant in Tokyo
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Can Brown Bears Survive in the Pyrenees?
The keepers of sheep and cows helped eliminate the Pyrenean brown bear, and shepherds are not thrilled to see France’s largest predator return
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The Dinosaurs They are a-Changin’
Paleontologists are describing new dinosaurs at an unprecedented pace, but there’s much we still don’t know about the biology of these animals
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When Galaxies Collide: The Fate of the Milky Way
The Hubble Space Telescope shows that we’re on a collision course with the nearby Andromeda galaxy—and set to crash in about 4 billion years
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Prospero’s Island in the South Pacific
Was it Bermuda—or the dreamy French Polynesian island of Huahine—that inspired the setting for Shakespeare’s The Tempest?
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Events June 12-14: Temple of Invention Tour, A Healthy Future in Renewable Energy, and Painting with Maya-Mam
This week, take a tour of the Old Patent Office Building, learn about renewable energy sources, and paint with Mayan artist Ubaldo Sánchez
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Edible Dictionary: Lean Cuisine Syndrome
Where do Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s statistics come from? People underestimate junk food and overestimate healthy food in dietary surveys
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Old McHominid’s Farm
Where and when did humans domesticate dogs, pigs, cows and other animals?
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A Paleo Proposal
Paleontologists Lee Hall and Ashley Fragomeni show us what a perfect paleo-themed engagement looks like
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It’s a Long Story
In Facebook world, you’d think there wouldn’t be much of a future for nonfiction storytelling. But several startups are trying to keep the narrative alive
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The Ax Murderer Who Got Away
In 1912, a family of six was murdered by ax in the little town of Villisca, Iowa. Might these killings be linked to nine other similar crimes?
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A Serious Look at Funny Faces
A history of caricatures exposes the inside jokes
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Musicians on the Road: Film vs. Reality
How Hollywood portrays musicians—rock, jazz and country—as they tour
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In Defense of Raptors
Is it time to stop calling sickle-clawed dinosaurs “raptors”?
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Roiling in the Deep
It’s World Oceans Day and here are 10 things scientists know about what’s happening under the sea that they didn’t a year ago
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Music for Airports Soothes the Savage Passenger
Brian Eno’s Music for Airports is a sound environment created specifically to complement the experience of waiting in an airport terminal
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